I'm a huge Wes Anderson geek. Actually, so is my whole family. People actually have opinions about the merits of Royal Tanenbaums v. Rushmore. Yes, we're a pretentious lot.
I played hookie from life this morning and went to the local mall-movie theater multiplex to see Moonrise Kingdom with my sister in law. Both of us felt vaguely guilty seeing a movie at 10:15. We suspiciously checked out the loners in the theater.
Moonrise Kingdom is a tribute to Wednesday Addams and Boy Scout Memoriabilia. Which is great, because I love both things.
Oh, look! The movie has a fun website. This interview with Bill Murray is quite good. Apparently, Murray crashes parties of 20-something girls in Brooklyn and does other rather odd things in real life. And here's an anatomy of a scene, which appeared in the New York Times.
Steve and I have a fair bit of Boy Scout Memoriabilia. Here's a framed collage of Steve's patches. His mother made this. Love the red thread on the yellow felt background.
And a few of the old Boy Scout books.
Apt. 11d 
I saw Tenenbaums and fell asleep in the middle of Rushmore, so the Anderson aethetic is not one that generally works for me, but I find the story of MK pretty appealing and am interested in seeing it.
I am also pretty convinced Anderson should be condemned for inflicting the Wilson brothers on the world.
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Pesto did scouts too! The funniest is the weebel scouts….makes me giggle. And his mom was a scout leader. He has very fond memories, which we recounted this weekend. When we camped for the the first time, I nearly fell off the picinic table with glee when I saw the fire he built, neatly stacking twigs into a 2 by 2 inch box. Very useful!
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